petticoat

FREQ #31784

n. 衬裙, 裙子

发音

UK /ˈpɛt.ɪ.kəʊt/
CA /ˈpɛt.ɪ.koʊt/
US /ˈpɛt.ɪ.koʊt/
CA /ˈpɛɾ.ɪ.koʊt/
US /ˈpɛɾ.ɪ.koʊt/
AU /ˈpet.ɪ.kəʉt/
AU /ˈpeɾ.ɪ.kəʉt/
/ˈpɛtɪkət/

词形变化

petticoats 复数 petticoats petticoats 三单 petticoating 现在分词 petticoated 过去式 petticoated 过去分词

别名

peticote

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.

    历史
  2. 2.

    A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.

    历史
  3. 3.

    A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.

    历史
  4. 4.

    A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.

    古体 历史
  5. 5.

    A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.

    衬裙

  6. 6.

    A woman.

    俚语
  7. 7.

    A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.

    历史
v.
  1. 1.

    To dress in a petticoat.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Feminine; female; involving a woman.

    过时

    petticoat influence

    a petticoat affair

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词源

From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty + coat.

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